SPORTS PEOPLE: BOXING;13 Selected for Hall

Published: January 17, 1996

AARON PRYOR, whose brilliant career was ended by drug problems and a detached retina, and WILFRED BENITEZ, the youngest fighter (at 17 years 5 months 23 days) ever to win a world title, lead the class of 1996 into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

They were among 13 chosen yesterday for induction. The other inductees include the lightweight champion JOE BROWN, who made 11 successful title defenses; the bantamweight champion MANUEL ORTIZ, who posted 95 victories over a 17-year career, and the trainer-manager EMANUEL STEWARD, whose stable of champions featured THOMAS HEARNS, EVANDER HOLYFIELD, JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ and MICHAEL MOORER. (AP)